Will He Save Him?

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by George Whiting (American, 1820 - 1862)

Date1857-1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/16 x 12 3/4in. (20.8 x 32.4cm) Sheet (height x width): 12 1/4 x 14 7/8in. (31.1 x 37.8cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number2003.322.0

DescriptionA wicker bassinette or cradle floats in flood waters. A young child lies asleep in the bassinette. He wears a nightgown and lies on a mattress with his head resting on a pillow. The bedclothes are tangled beneath him, with an end trailing in the water. The bassinette has a wooden footboard; a sheet is draped over the arched top. A large black and white dog is swimming towards the bassinette from the right foreground. Only the dog's head is visible. In the right background is a house with two dormer windows, a chimney, half-timbering in the gable, and possibly a thatched roof. The flood waters reach to the second story windows. A wooden post and a small tree are in the right foreground. Additional trees and a second house are in the left background.

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